economically significant uses of rope (fiber rope)

• age of sail, overlaid "20 MILES of rope" — In the age of sail (1800), ships like the HMS Victory required 20 miles of rope each. These ships were the backbone of global trade and naval warfare.
• securing loads during transport [2] [3]
• marine mooring lines [1] [2] [2b]
• making cordage by hand (with arrow overlays, like this)

economically significant uses of rope (wire rope)

• dragline excavator
  • slightly better view of the stairs
  • even better view of the stairs, on page 18

modern rope use is diverse

• technical rescue
• arborist work
• hoisting (the Crossrail
• winching

rope accoutrements

• McMaster-Carr
• shackle
• wire rope
  • thimble, which requires either clips or a ferrule
  • epoxy socket [2]